by The Observer Staff | Apr 19, 2023 | Community, Schools
Lydia Maple of Lakeview Christian in Lee County scored first place in the 2022 Alabama Farm-City Committee Essay Contest for 10th through 12th grades. The theme was “Sustaining for the Future.” Maple and her teacher each received $300 from Alabama Farmers Cooperative...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 19, 2023 | Column, Politics, Steve Flowers
OPINION — As the first regular session of the quadrennium evolves, there is a myriad of complex issues arising. I am reminded of three simple truisms regarding the Alabama Legislature and the governing of the state of Alabama. First of all, if anything significant or...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 19, 2023 | Community, Featured, Politics
BY MICHELLE KEYMICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — A proclamation was issued to former Opelika Council Member Patricia Jones and Randy and Deborah Causey, declaring April 28, 2023, as “Relay for Life Day,” and the week of April 24 through April 28 as “Every Step...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 19, 2023 | Community, Featured, Politics
BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — The Auburn City Council granted conditional use approval for several new uses for the Spring Lake District during Tuesday night’s meeting. The Spring Lake District is located at 2560 and 2600 E. Glenn Ave....
by The Observer Staff | Apr 19, 2023 | Column, Greg Markley
OPINION — In the spring of 1992, I walked into a 90-year-old woman’s small apartment in Gadsden, Alabama, for an interview as part of a series on the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Army Corps. She was fascinating: original, witty, well-traveled and a successful woman...
